Monday, April 4, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
PSM MP Dr.Jeyakumar ‘s reply denying HRP position on UMNO racism with Uthayakumar's reply
From the below email reply and note fro Uthayakumar, HRP is just in denial mode of working together for a common enemy. Uthaya HRP came from the real struggle of makkal sakti. He neither the Hindraf emerge from their own. PSM been doing their awareness to the people long ago and keep doing this in more profesional way. They learn to work together and not being the indirect mandore to UMNO's victory. The real HRP will be known soon. .. ----------------------------------------------------------------- March 26, 2011 Author s.jayathas Editors note: P.Uthayakumar’s(UK) reply is in orange. UK: excuses (by PKR,DAP,PAS,PSM, NGOs’ & Indian elite)to divert and dilute the real and critical Indian problems to get to play to the 90% Malay muslim,natives and Chinese vote bank?Or so as not to risk losing the 60% malay muslim voters?Playing to the majoritarian gallery? Dear Jayathas, As you have agreed to put our response in your website. These are responses from both Dr.Jeyakumar and myself since the article has attacked both of us. I hope you would publish our views in full. Thank YouArul.Dr. Jeyakumar’s responseOn March 19, Uthayakumar, the Advisor to the Human Rights Party, criticized me, Arutchelvan and the Parti Sosialis Malaysia for taking a “soft line” on “UMNO Racism” and thus serving to cover the oppression of Indians by UMNO. We, in the PSM, think that it is Uthayakumar who doesn’t understand the root causes of oppression of the Indian Poor in Malaysia, and that his ill-advised statements and actions actually make the situation worse for the Indian Poor. However, before going into the issue of root causes of Indian poverty, I would like to place on record that though I think his analysis is wrong, I recognize Uthayakumar’s courage to stand up and speak up for what he believes is true. He has not been silenced by ISA detention and has remained consistent in the past 12 years that I have known him. Quite clearly he is impervious to attempts by the BN to buy him over. Society needs men and women who are prepared to stand by their beliefs – but these beliefs must be based on a correct analysis, otherwise such individuals might actually do more harm!. UK:Thank you for the compliments and and we too have never doubted Dr Jayakumar’s struggle as being a lot more sincere than that of PKR,DAP or PAS’. I also wish to place on record that the Hindraf led uprising of November 2007 was a major factor leading to the March 8thTsunami in the 2008 General Elections, and I too was a beneficiary of that wave of discontent against the BN. But that doesn’t mean that I will go along with Hindraf’s analysis if that is off the mark. UK: No wonder there was a tsunami if not an avalanche of reciprocating Parliamentary Emergency Motions, RM1.00 Minister’s pay cut motions,walking out of Parliament, strenuous Parliamentary questions, Public forums, public protests etc for the real and critical Indian problems by PKR,DAP,PAS and PSM MPs’. Also pin drop silence when 53 Hindraf activists were prosecuted early March 2011 for being members of Hindraf, a minority and human rights NGO and the 300 over Hindraf activists who were arrested on the 27th Febuary 2011 Hindraf Rally. Let alone for the Hindraf lawyers who were immediately thereafter detained under ISA for 25th November 2007 Hindraf Rally.Thank god in particular the Indian poor masses stood by us until the very end the very day of our release lest we would still be languishing in Kamunting Prison.(We will welcome the long list of the aforesaid PKR,DAP,PAS and PSM ‘deeds’ for our publication in full in this our website!Believe us, we have the space!)We also have not forgotten PSMs’ official written stand that the Hindraf rally was racist and telling the people not to attend.But they did not mind the fruits of the Hindraf rally though! The main differences between the PSM and the Hindraf analyses are1. Hindraf/HRP believes that the main cause of the marginalization of poor Indians in Malaysia is the racial policies of the UMNO led government.The PSM agrees that there is racial discrimination against the non-Malays, and that this has to be changed. But in our assessment, racial discrimination contributes only about 30% to the socio-economic problems of the Indian Poor. About 70% is due to the Capitalist system that oppresses the poor of all races through low wages, inadequate housing, eviction of communities to make way for development, privatization of basic amenities, etc. UK: The broad based phrase non-malays has long been conveniently ‘used” by PKR,DAP, PAS, PSM,NGOs’ and the Indian elite to dilute and divert away from the far far more real and critical Indian poor problems socially engineered by UMNO racism as is reported on a day to day basis in our website www.humanrightspartymalaysia.com But which the aforesaid parties pretend does not exist.One cannot equate the Indian poor with the (non malay) especially Chinese poor which community are the economic giant that controls some 60% or so of the Malaysian economy and which in any event has 507 Chinese New Villages as their social safety net for the Chinese poor as opposed to the almost zero Indian villages for the Indian poor.There may be some temporary Indian Village names but which the racist UMNO has classified as ‘squatters” and is awaiting systematic eviction if not systematic “ethnic cleansing”.The poor Malay,Orang Asli,Iban,Kadazan etc all have thousands of their permanent ancestral villages and land as their social safety net which 99% of the Indian poor don’t have.So let us not pretend that the Indian poor equals a malay or non malay poor.We beg to differ. Capitalism is a convenient excuse not to fight UMNO racism that has socially engineered to preserve the 70% Indian poor and to create the future Indian poor.Socialism certainly includes championing the cause of the Indian poor and against UMNO racism. 2. Hindraf/HRP believes that the best way to help the poor Indians is to mobilize all Indians to oppose UMNO. So Hindraf seizes on any issue it can that has the potential to make Indians angry with UMNO. UK:No,Hindraf rose to fill the almost full vaccum left vacant by the almost zero takers for the non “politically rewarding” Indian problems vis a vis to fight UMNO racism.Hindraf fought without fear or favour while PKR,DAP,PAS,PSM,NGOs’ and the Indian elite pretended that it did not exist and choose to play to the aforesaid majoritarian especially the Malay muslim political gallery.On the other hand MIC and almost all the other Indian NGOs’ merely played the UMNOs’ Indian mandore role via their scores of wayang kulit propaganda on a day to day basis which is reported on a day to day basis especially in the three Tamil dailies etc. The PSM believes that the way to help any poor community is to get down to the ground and mobilize them to fight for their rights. PSM also believes that in the longer rum, the only way to solve the problem of the Indian poor is by forming a multi-racial coalition of the poor from all ethnic groups to come together to demand a fairer share of the economic cake for all the rakyat. So the PSM tries to build solidarity among the poor of all races. UK:Yes we agree and are still waiting for the day it really happens. 3. Hindraf/HRP wants larger quotas for Indians – for scholarships, for university seats, for shares, contracts, for positions in local councils, etc.The PSM says that defining quotas by ethnicity will lead to a much larger share of the quotas going to middle class Indians and the rich Indians and very little to the poor Indians. Quotas must be defined strictly by socio-economic criteria and not by ethnicity. UK:No,Hindraf has never asked for higher quotas.We have always demanded for equal rights which is our constitutional right as is enshrined in Article 8 of the Federal Constitution.In fact our motto is “Rights not Mercy” and being up to the the sixth generation Malaysian born Indians we too are equally the sons of this soil as much as any other Malaysian. 4. Uthayakumar seems to argue that fighting for the rights of the poor in other races is a betrayal of the Indian poor as it takes our time and energy away from the Indian issues. UK:No.One betrays the cause of the Indian poor when one pretends that for every Indian poor there is a Chinese poor.And the Indian poor is equals the Malay muslim poor for which poor when it comes to higher education,business opportunities and government jobs in particular,the sky is the limit.This is definitely not the case for the Indian poor.Why/Why not?And why does one sidestep the gravity and seriousness of the Indian poor problems as equals to every other Malaysian poor problems.Why are we in a state of denial?In short intellectual dishonesty by diluting and diverting away from the real pressing and critical Indian poor problems created by especially UMNO racism is the betrayal of the true cause of the Indian poor. The PSM believes that our involvement in the just struggle of the non-Indian poor actually strengthens our capacity to fight for the rights of the Indian poor. In many of our pickets to prevent eviction, we draw multi-racial participation. If there are arrests of Indian settlers, within hours we can assemble a multiracial crowd in front of the Balai. Multi-racial solidarity of all the poor is the best tool to fight both class oppression and UMNO racism. UK:Yes.We are also still waiting for the day for this to happen. You can’t fight Malay racism with Indian racism! For this is exactly what UMNO wants – for it helps them consolidate their support among the Malay population. UK:Accusing one of fighting Malay racism with Indian racism is about the most convenient excuse used by especially the many liking to sound magnanimous “multi racial” Indian elite to sidestep the real and critical Indian problems which was first told to me some 20 years ago by the “multi racial” Indian elite.Thank god even as a young lawyer I did not fall into this “multi racial”Indian mindset trap.Today I analyze this to be arising out of Minority complex and Inferiority complex.For championing this cause of the Indian poor I was detained for 514 days under the ISA and on 11 other occasions and a charge of Sedition for alleging UMNOs’ “ethnic cleansing”especially with regards to the Kg Medan racial attacks targeting the Indian poor where 5 Indian poor were murdered and 100 over inflicted with grievous bodily injuries and carrying a three years jail sentence are still hanging over my head in the UMNO Courts.I have no regrets.(We have not forgotten that in this Kg Medan atrocities, the worst case of human rights violations in the history of Malaysia saw almost pin drop silence from the supposedly “multi racial” PKR,DAP,PAS,PSM,NGOs’ and the so called “multi racial “ Indian elite. 5. Uthayakumar believes that his strong criticism of UMNO and its racism is weakening it.The PSM believes that though Uthayakumar is sincere in opposing UMNO, his action and pronouncements which can be easily portrayed by UMNO as attacks against the Malay community, actually helps UMNO politically. Hindraf/HRP provides the perfect counter-foil to Perkasa! UK:Unlike PKR,DAP,PAS,NGOs’ and the ‘multi racial”Indian elite, Hindraf and HRP refuse to play to the majoritarian racist political gallery nor are we prepared to become their Indian mandores.The Perkasa allegation is yet another “multi racial” Indian excuse to play to the 60% malay muslim majoritarian voter gallery and but never mind the Indian poor kena nyaya on a day to day basis.Our paramount public interest is to go by Justice,equality,equity and Human rights and not whether UMNO gets the votes or not.We leave that to the good doctor Dr.Jayakumar,PSM and his ‘multi racial’ Indian elite friends, PKR,DAP,PAS etc These then are the main points of difference between the PSM position and the Hindraf/HRP position on the causes of the “Indian Problem” and the way to overcome it. I think it will be good to continue the debate on this, but may I suggest, lets not descend to name calling and attributing bad intentions to the other side, so that we can focus on the key issues and get these clarified. Jeyakumar Devaraj(PSM) 21/3/2011 UK:Mandorism is not name calling.It arose out of the 50 years of pain,suffering and misery of the Indian poor that led to the 25th November 2007 Hindraf rally.In short Mandorism is our well thought out and defined terminology to describe Indians who help UMNO and now the PKR,DAP and PAS state governments to subjugate the Indian poor.(for full definition see our 2009 Malaysian Indian Human Rights report of a mandore and mandorism available on our aforesaid website)We do not have the luxury to debate on this issue. One must be able to feel the Indian poor cause to know what the true Hindraf and HRP struggle is all about. Either you feel it or you don’t. To quote a Tamil proverb “If one cannot help one should not come in the way of Hindraf and HRP”. “Rights not Mercy”We now treat this matter as closed as our real enemy is the racist and religious supremacist UMNO.
Pakatan's plan to abolish toll detrimental to EPF
It is a clear fear that BN leaders have on the Orange book revolution. The plan are achievable and tangible to the rakyat. It doesnt come from the sky and imagination like the "Interlok". Even Anwar have called for open debate with the Najib but Najib is hiding behind "ROS Mah's wig like hair". Why fear to face if Najib have the facts? Orange book a manifesto in written from PR.. keep it up Vaalge Makkal Sakti ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- taken from Mkini. The opposition's proposal for Khazanah Nasional Berhad and the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to takeover 19 highway concessionaires if it comes to power could prove detrimental to shareholders and subscribers.Aimed at abolishing toll roads, if the EPF takes over the concessionaires, an undertaking that the dividend rate will not fall below 2.5 percent guaranteed under the EPF Act 1991 could not be fulfilled.The EPF, a social security institution that provides 
retirement benefit based on contributions made over employees' lifetime, invested substantially in many highway concessions.On Feb 20, the EPF announced a dividend of 5.8 percent for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2010, up 15 basis points compared to 5.65 percent for the year 2009.The total dividend paid out stand at RM21.61 billion and it was the highest ever. It was an increase of 11.55 percent over the 2009 dividend. EPF chairman Samsudin Osman said that returns from investment in 2010 were primarily generated from the performance of equity investments.Among toll concessionaires where the EPF hold equities are Plus, Expressway Lingkaran Tengah Sdn Bhd (Elite), Linkedua (Malaysia) Berhad, Konsortium Lebuhraya Butterworth-Kulim Sdn Bhd, Lebuhraya Pantai Timur under the MTD Group, New Pantai Expressway Sdn Bhd, Besraya (M) Sdn Bhd and Lebuhraya Kajang Seremban Sdn Bhd (Lekas) under IJM.In addition, the proposal to abolish tolls as spelt out in the opposition's 'Orange Book' will put many employees at the 19 concessionaires out of jobs.Malaysia will turn into GreeceDeputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Mukhriz Mahathir said the proposal would lead the country on path towards severe economic crisis like Greece."Maybe the opposition could afford to do that by getting financial support from outside the country as the opposition leader is on good terms with a number of foreign governments," said Mukhriz.He said it was not impossible for the opposition to print money like the United States or to borrow from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to overcome the financial turmoil.Member of parliament for Kota Belud Abdul Rahman Dahlan said the proposed takeover of 19 concessionaires would cost RM50 billion and the country could go bankrupt in two years if the opposition had its way.MP for Kinabatangan Bung Moktar Radin said the proposal was nothing more than empty promises by the opposition in its pursuit to get the people to vote for it in the 13th general election.The Orange Book was officially launched at the opposition's second convention in Kepala Batas last year.The book contains the opposition's 10 pledges, involving expenditure of about RM19.2 billion, that it claimed would be implemented within 100 days should it capture Putrajaya.- Bernama
retirement benefit based on contributions made over employees' lifetime, invested substantially in many highway concessions.On Feb 20, the EPF announced a dividend of 5.8 percent for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2010, up 15 basis points compared to 5.65 percent for the year 2009.The total dividend paid out stand at RM21.61 billion and it was the highest ever. It was an increase of 11.55 percent over the 2009 dividend. EPF chairman Samsudin Osman said that returns from investment in 2010 were primarily generated from the performance of equity investments.Among toll concessionaires where the EPF hold equities are Plus, Expressway Lingkaran Tengah Sdn Bhd (Elite), Linkedua (Malaysia) Berhad, Konsortium Lebuhraya Butterworth-Kulim Sdn Bhd, Lebuhraya Pantai Timur under the MTD Group, New Pantai Expressway Sdn Bhd, Besraya (M) Sdn Bhd and Lebuhraya Kajang Seremban Sdn Bhd (Lekas) under IJM.In addition, the proposal to abolish tolls as spelt out in the opposition's 'Orange Book' will put many employees at the 19 concessionaires out of jobs.Malaysia will turn into GreeceDeputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Mukhriz Mahathir said the proposal would lead the country on path towards severe economic crisis like Greece."Maybe the opposition could afford to do that by getting financial support from outside the country as the opposition leader is on good terms with a number of foreign governments," said Mukhriz.He said it was not impossible for the opposition to print money like the United States or to borrow from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to overcome the financial turmoil.Member of parliament for Kota Belud Abdul Rahman Dahlan said the proposed takeover of 19 concessionaires would cost RM50 billion and the country could go bankrupt in two years if the opposition had its way.MP for Kinabatangan Bung Moktar Radin said the proposal was nothing more than empty promises by the opposition in its pursuit to get the people to vote for it in the 13th general election.The Orange Book was officially launched at the opposition's second convention in Kepala Batas last year.The book contains the opposition's 10 pledges, involving expenditure of about RM19.2 billion, that it claimed would be implemented within 100 days should it capture Putrajaya.- Bernama
Asri, Need to seek forgiveness from Indian first
Asri the ex Perlis Mufti, before he call for a good behaviour politician and other medias , he should check himself about his character. He is an hypocrate as he talked rubbish on the Indians and their belief recently on interlok and his low understanding of p@^!A# . He can be a master in Islam but his knowledge nor the society structure of the Indians is very low. He need to seek forgiveness from the Indians in general. A religion preacher need to have at least basic human value which he dont have at all.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream'
I saw the whites are joining hand in solidarity with blacks in this march for racial equality and to end racism , there is plenty of room for the crowd to sit down in front of Washington white house and listen to the speech of Martin Luthur King greatest speech ever 1963 , in the case of Malaysia ,I doubt any Malays socalled superior race would want to join in solidarity in the march against racism, the scenario in 27th of Feb coming Sunday might be different, where the crowd is completely in the mercy of the police and yet the we will definitely made our point that we against all form of institutionalized racism by the government,all over the world like egypt and Libya demonstration against world most dictatorial regime are taking place , this 27 Feb march we will definitely received huge international coverage for Malaysian people on the March and for the government to embrace more change in racial policies.
Everybody Please come forward in solidarity to join the march.may god bless you.
Dear friends, With the anti-Interlok peaceful rally just a few days away, there are some who ask, "Is the protest necessary?; Is it relevant?, What do we hope to achieve?" Please listen to speech Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' calling for racial equality and an end to discrrimination. The speech was delivered at the civil rights rally on August 28, 1963. Washington, DC., USA. Every line of the powerful speech is inspiring and impactful. A peaceful gathering of 200,000 'black' and 'white' Americans joined hands in solidarity.
Note the participants wearing the 'Gandhi' cap as a symbol of freedom and non-violence. Martin Luther King was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and practised the philosophy of non-violence and spiritual strength. Like Gandhi, Martin Luther King gave his life for the cause he believed in. The 'I Have a Dream' speech was regarded as the greatest speech of the century. The peaceful civil rights rally was regarded as one of the defining moments in Americam history. The full text of the speech is given below. Listen to the speech here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk Regards,Ganga
Martin Luther King Online http://www.mlkonline.net/ 'I Have a Dream' Speech, August 28, 1963, Washing DCI am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check.
When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now.
This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children. It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment.
This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges. But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.
We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.We cannot turn back.
There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. *We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by a sign stating: "For Whites Only."* We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."¹
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair,
I say to you today, my friends. And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.
It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."² This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,From every mountainside, let freedom ring!And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.
And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. But not only that: Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.From every mountainside, let freedom ring.And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:
Free at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last! External Link: http://www.mlkmemorial.org/External Link: http://www.thekingcenter.org/
Everybody Please come forward in solidarity to join the march.may god bless you.
Dear friends, With the anti-Interlok peaceful rally just a few days away, there are some who ask, "Is the protest necessary?; Is it relevant?, What do we hope to achieve?" Please listen to speech Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' calling for racial equality and an end to discrrimination. The speech was delivered at the civil rights rally on August 28, 1963. Washington, DC., USA. Every line of the powerful speech is inspiring and impactful. A peaceful gathering of 200,000 'black' and 'white' Americans joined hands in solidarity.
Note the participants wearing the 'Gandhi' cap as a symbol of freedom and non-violence. Martin Luther King was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and practised the philosophy of non-violence and spiritual strength. Like Gandhi, Martin Luther King gave his life for the cause he believed in. The 'I Have a Dream' speech was regarded as the greatest speech of the century. The peaceful civil rights rally was regarded as one of the defining moments in Americam history. The full text of the speech is given below. Listen to the speech here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk Regards,Ganga
Martin Luther King Online http://www.mlkonline.net/ 'I Have a Dream' Speech, August 28, 1963, Washing DCI am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check.
When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now.
This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children. It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment.
This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges. But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.
We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.We cannot turn back.
There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. *We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by a sign stating: "For Whites Only."* We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."¹
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair,
I say to you today, my friends. And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.
It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."² This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,From every mountainside, let freedom ring!And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.
And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. But not only that: Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.From every mountainside, let freedom ring.And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:
Free at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last! External Link: http://www.mlkmemorial.org/External Link: http://www.thekingcenter.org/
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Isn’t it time for the Eelam Tamils to reject India and reach out to China?[
[Editorial, Eelam Nation]
“When China wakes up the world will tremble”—Napoleon Bonaparte
The world has begun to tremble. China is on the way to becoming economically the most powerful country in the world. They are not only becoming the most powerful militarily but also from the nuclear aspect they can give a run to the US. They are the biggest creditors of the United States having also absorbed most of the US debts. Unlike in the case of the Soviet Union in the latter twentieth century when it was in decline during the cold war China is on the rise in the 21st century. However, it is in the interests of the Chinese economy to keep the US going lest they lose out on their credit. In this sense it is a cold war. Being the biggest consumer of oil, China have ensured the continuous supply from the biggest producer of oil namely, Russia.
Thanks to the war against the LTTE they have gained a firm foothold in the Indian ocean in Sri Lanka, Hambantota port being part of the string of pearls as part of their geo strategic consolidation of oil traffic which has also helped them militarily.
Their power is being spread around. India has admitted that China have become more powerful than they are in every possible way. It is matter of time that India disintegrates to pre British colonial times. The federation of States will break up into individual independent governments and or States for they have been held together as a nation of Indians centrifugally and artificially brought together by the British. True Federation is a centripetal concept as in the case of the unification of Italy and Germany.India is riddled with corruption with its democracy in decline. Their spineless Prime minister
Manmohan Singh is a puppet of the so called Cambridge scholar Sonia Gandhi having attended an English language school there, whose primary aim is to eventually install her son Rahul (formerly Raoul) and her daughter Priyanka (formerly Bianca), having adopted Hindu names to hold the highest political positions in India. Given the ignorance and the abject poverty of most Indian people and the Hindu chauvinism of the opposing BJP this could eventuate.
In a previous editorial we stated that the magnitude of the corruption in India would be seen in the conduct of their Commonwealth games. True to our word it is now revealed that the organisers owe hundreds of millions of dollars to Australian businesses that were contracted to provide its infrastructure. The latest revelation is the arrest of the former telecommunications minister, Raja, an ally of the ruling congress, who was very close to the DMK in Tamil Nadu for the biggest racket ever in India involving millions of dollars. We are now convinced that they are not only jokers but also bloody thieves.The Chinese are a highly civilised and cultured people affording at least in theory, equality to their fifty two ethnic groups.
Above all, they are largely a secular society with their religious beliefs private to them thanks to Mao, which accounts for their tolerance of other faiths. Buddhism embraced by 70 million of them is shrouded in superstitions. Their relative tolerance is quite in contrast to the barbaric Sinhala Buddhist State that sponsored Pogroms against the Tamil people culminating in the 1983 massacre of thousands of innocent Tamil children and adults for being Tamils. These were nowhere near the Chinese manner of quelling the Muslim Uighurs in Urumqi in the western province of Xin Jiang.
The treatment of the Tibetans has been far more civilised than the manner the Tamils of Sri Lanka have been treated.Given the strong possibility of a military dictatorship of the Rajapakse clan and no return to the democracy, ante 1972, China will very soon take over Sri Lanka politically, economically and socially. It will virtually rule over Sri Lanka which will eventually become their colony/satellite as Burma or even worse. Given the complete breakdown of the Sri Lankan economy and agriculture in their inability to feed the people, China will dump their sub standard produce and products which would be most welcome at ridiculously cheap prices thus competing with the Sri Lankan farmer and producer thus reducing their level of self reliance and the reduction of any level of agricultural development.
The moral strength and the integrity of the peoples and those in power in Sri Lanka are so weak that they will not withstand the overwhelming Chinese economic influence and their social pressures but succumb to its hegemony. The Rajapakse dynasty will be looked after with all privileges and comforts as in Burma and Zimbabwe.Brahma Chellaney, in Behind Sri Lankan Bloodbath (2009), wrote: “Unlike China’s assistance, India’s role has received little international attention. But India, too, contributed to the Sri Lankan bloodbath through its military aid, except that it has ended up, strangely, with its leverage undermined….…….But having been outmanoeuvred by China’s success in extending strategic reach to Sri Lanka in recent years, New Delhi got sucked into providing major assistance to Colombo, lest it lose further ground in Sri Lanka”. Profound as it is, India have indeed lost considerable moral ground amongst the Tamil people.India’s corruption and hypocrisy at all levels in relation to the Sri Lankan Tamils have been revealed in the manner that they have betrayed the Tamils all the way. In the matter of the rebuilding of the of the tens of thousands of the homes of displaced Tamils their statements are so ambivalent that we are not certain whether they would ever provide 50,000 house, repair them, or provide even 5000 houses. No dwelling has been reconstructed by India. As reported in the media in an exclusive meeting with a high-profile team of media heads from Sri Lanka at his office at the Ministry of Defence in New Delhi, Shiva Shankar Menon the national security advisor, revealing Indian hypocrisy in no uncertain terms said: “Sri Lanka should have its own home-grown solutions for the problems of its people in the North and the East and that other parties elsewhere including in Tamil Nadu should not worry if those people are happy…. If that is right, I don’t think the views of either the Tamil Nadu or Tamil Diaspora are important. If the people in Sri Lanka are happy with the solution they get, why should the people in Tamil Nadu worry about it?” (Sunday Observer 12 Dec. 2010).
It is the influence of China in the Kashmiri region that has reduced the severity of human rights abuses against the Muslims there that has strengthened the call for an independent Kashmiri state over which India has absolutely no tangible political or moral claim. Kashmir belongs to the Kashmiri people.Further, In an exclusive interview with a group of media heads from Sri Lanka at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, the Indian Foreign Secretary had Nirupama Rao having watched entire political and economic the profile of Sri Lanka through a window of the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo states: “ Sri Lanka is moving in the right direction after eradicating terrorism…there are “unique opportunities” for Sri Lanka and India after terrorism was defeated by the Security Forces….everybody is enjoying the dividends of peace. “People are moving very freely...I saw from my hotel room people moving freely at the Galle Face Green even at midnight. They are enjoying the freedom to move without any fear….The resettlement of displaced people in the North is “going on in a very constructive manner”. “It appears to be moving in the right direction… we saw that paddy farmers had returned to normal life. This means that the agro industry is catching up. I hope it would be restored soon to its previous level…the number of displaced persons has dropped to under 17,000 and they too would be resettled before the end of this month ?” (Sunday Observer, 12 Dec 2010).It is obvious that the Indians are wont to say what President Rajapakse wants to hear.
President Rajapakse of Sri Lanka though lacking in any finesse, regarded as the least literate of all Sri Lankan Heads of State is, however, an astute wheeler dealer when it comes to turning one bidder against the other in the auction to sell Sri Lankan interests to suit his dynastic ambitions and aspirations to foreign interests. Conceding China’s superiority over them, the Indians are no longer in the race for domination in the Indian Ocean not to mention the world. India in relation to Sri Lanka will soon learn their lesson.In a previous editorial, we advocated that the Sri Lankan Tamils should show their backs to the Indians and woo the Chinese. It is a fact that the Tamils are deliberately denied access to the Chinese but are left at the mercy of India to be looked after.
This is undoubtedly a strategy of the racist Rajapakse government to ensure the slow but certain destruction of the Tamil people and their culture in the very near future and we are certain that India will up to her expectations of the Rajapakse brothers. Malathi de Alwis in her “China Factor’ in post-war Sri Lanka (Inter Asia Cultural Studies), states: “If Eelam Tamils can befriend with Communist China and allow it to use Tamil homeland for mutual benefit Eelam Tamils might get what they want! Eelam Tamil Diaspora can cultivate their relationship with Western powers but they are not going to help the Tamils as they will only listen to India, when it comes to Sri Lanka [sic]. Therefore [sic], the only power that can really make a difference for the Tamils will be China and Tamils should start making contacts with China at the highest level (Gopi 2010)".
The Tamil people both in Sri Lanka and abroad should acknowledge China’s rising tide in the affairs of the world and the Tamils should recognise it to take them at the flood at every opportunity that would to lead on to fortune.We repeat and reiterate what we stated in our editorial of 06 June 2010: “The question that has arisen in many Tamil circles is whether the Tamil people should show their backs to the Indians and turn to support the Chinese as the new strategy, with their children learning Chinese (Mandarin) developing to be a world language to be taught in schools. Furthermore, the plague of Brahminism will no longer haunt the Tamils. They should be pragmatic in turning to the winning side that will bring them more benefits, not wasting their time with India. This was also the view that the late N. Shanmugadasan, a former leader of the Ceylon Communist Party (Peking Wing) and intellectual, advocated in the 1960s and the 1970s as a remedy for the redress of Tamil grievances". It will also be to the advantage of China to make overtures to the Sri Lankan Tamils both within Sri Lanka and abroad. The Tamil Diasporas in turn should reciprocate.
URL: http://www.eelamnation.net/headlines_details.php?secid=71&newsid=8449
“When China wakes up the world will tremble”—Napoleon Bonaparte
The world has begun to tremble. China is on the way to becoming economically the most powerful country in the world. They are not only becoming the most powerful militarily but also from the nuclear aspect they can give a run to the US. They are the biggest creditors of the United States having also absorbed most of the US debts. Unlike in the case of the Soviet Union in the latter twentieth century when it was in decline during the cold war China is on the rise in the 21st century. However, it is in the interests of the Chinese economy to keep the US going lest they lose out on their credit. In this sense it is a cold war. Being the biggest consumer of oil, China have ensured the continuous supply from the biggest producer of oil namely, Russia.
Thanks to the war against the LTTE they have gained a firm foothold in the Indian ocean in Sri Lanka, Hambantota port being part of the string of pearls as part of their geo strategic consolidation of oil traffic which has also helped them militarily.Their power is being spread around. India has admitted that China have become more powerful than they are in every possible way. It is matter of time that India disintegrates to pre British colonial times. The federation of States will break up into individual independent governments and or States for they have been held together as a nation of Indians centrifugally and artificially brought together by the British. True Federation is a centripetal concept as in the case of the unification of Italy and Germany.India is riddled with corruption with its democracy in decline. Their spineless Prime minister
Manmohan Singh is a puppet of the so called Cambridge scholar Sonia Gandhi having attended an English language school there, whose primary aim is to eventually install her son Rahul (formerly Raoul) and her daughter Priyanka (formerly Bianca), having adopted Hindu names to hold the highest political positions in India. Given the ignorance and the abject poverty of most Indian people and the Hindu chauvinism of the opposing BJP this could eventuate.In a previous editorial we stated that the magnitude of the corruption in India would be seen in the conduct of their Commonwealth games. True to our word it is now revealed that the organisers owe hundreds of millions of dollars to Australian businesses that were contracted to provide its infrastructure. The latest revelation is the arrest of the former telecommunications minister, Raja, an ally of the ruling congress, who was very close to the DMK in Tamil Nadu for the biggest racket ever in India involving millions of dollars. We are now convinced that they are not only jokers but also bloody thieves.The Chinese are a highly civilised and cultured people affording at least in theory, equality to their fifty two ethnic groups.
Above all, they are largely a secular society with their religious beliefs private to them thanks to Mao, which accounts for their tolerance of other faiths. Buddhism embraced by 70 million of them is shrouded in superstitions. Their relative tolerance is quite in contrast to the barbaric Sinhala Buddhist State that sponsored Pogroms against the Tamil people culminating in the 1983 massacre of thousands of innocent Tamil children and adults for being Tamils. These were nowhere near the Chinese manner of quelling the Muslim Uighurs in Urumqi in the western province of Xin Jiang.
The treatment of the Tibetans has been far more civilised than the manner the Tamils of Sri Lanka have been treated.Given the strong possibility of a military dictatorship of the Rajapakse clan and no return to the democracy, ante 1972, China will very soon take over Sri Lanka politically, economically and socially. It will virtually rule over Sri Lanka which will eventually become their colony/satellite as Burma or even worse. Given the complete breakdown of the Sri Lankan economy and agriculture in their inability to feed the people, China will dump their sub standard produce and products which would be most welcome at ridiculously cheap prices thus competing with the Sri Lankan farmer and producer thus reducing their level of self reliance and the reduction of any level of agricultural development.
The moral strength and the integrity of the peoples and those in power in Sri Lanka are so weak that they will not withstand the overwhelming Chinese economic influence and their social pressures but succumb to its hegemony. The Rajapakse dynasty will be looked after with all privileges and comforts as in Burma and Zimbabwe.Brahma Chellaney, in Behind Sri Lankan Bloodbath (2009), wrote: “Unlike China’s assistance, India’s role has received little international attention. But India, too, contributed to the Sri Lankan bloodbath through its military aid, except that it has ended up, strangely, with its leverage undermined….…….But having been outmanoeuvred by China’s success in extending strategic reach to Sri Lanka in recent years, New Delhi got sucked into providing major assistance to Colombo, lest it lose further ground in Sri Lanka”. Profound as it is, India have indeed lost considerable moral ground amongst the Tamil people.India’s corruption and hypocrisy at all levels in relation to the Sri Lankan Tamils have been revealed in the manner that they have betrayed the Tamils all the way. In the matter of the rebuilding of the of the tens of thousands of the homes of displaced Tamils their statements are so ambivalent that we are not certain whether they would ever provide 50,000 house, repair them, or provide even 5000 houses. No dwelling has been reconstructed by India. As reported in the media in an exclusive meeting with a high-profile team of media heads from Sri Lanka at his office at the Ministry of Defence in New Delhi, Shiva Shankar Menon the national security advisor, revealing Indian hypocrisy in no uncertain terms said: “Sri Lanka should have its own home-grown solutions for the problems of its people in the North and the East and that other parties elsewhere including in Tamil Nadu should not worry if those people are happy…. If that is right, I don’t think the views of either the Tamil Nadu or Tamil Diaspora are important. If the people in Sri Lanka are happy with the solution they get, why should the people in Tamil Nadu worry about it?” (Sunday Observer 12 Dec. 2010).
It is the influence of China in the Kashmiri region that has reduced the severity of human rights abuses against the Muslims there that has strengthened the call for an independent Kashmiri state over which India has absolutely no tangible political or moral claim. Kashmir belongs to the Kashmiri people.Further, In an exclusive interview with a group of media heads from Sri Lanka at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, the Indian Foreign Secretary had Nirupama Rao having watched entire political and economic the profile of Sri Lanka through a window of the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo states: “ Sri Lanka is moving in the right direction after eradicating terrorism…there are “unique opportunities” for Sri Lanka and India after terrorism was defeated by the Security Forces….everybody is enjoying the dividends of peace. “People are moving very freely...I saw from my hotel room people moving freely at the Galle Face Green even at midnight. They are enjoying the freedom to move without any fear….The resettlement of displaced people in the North is “going on in a very constructive manner”. “It appears to be moving in the right direction… we saw that paddy farmers had returned to normal life. This means that the agro industry is catching up. I hope it would be restored soon to its previous level…the number of displaced persons has dropped to under 17,000 and they too would be resettled before the end of this month ?” (Sunday Observer, 12 Dec 2010).It is obvious that the Indians are wont to say what President Rajapakse wants to hear.
President Rajapakse of Sri Lanka though lacking in any finesse, regarded as the least literate of all Sri Lankan Heads of State is, however, an astute wheeler dealer when it comes to turning one bidder against the other in the auction to sell Sri Lankan interests to suit his dynastic ambitions and aspirations to foreign interests. Conceding China’s superiority over them, the Indians are no longer in the race for domination in the Indian Ocean not to mention the world. India in relation to Sri Lanka will soon learn their lesson.In a previous editorial, we advocated that the Sri Lankan Tamils should show their backs to the Indians and woo the Chinese. It is a fact that the Tamils are deliberately denied access to the Chinese but are left at the mercy of India to be looked after.
This is undoubtedly a strategy of the racist Rajapakse government to ensure the slow but certain destruction of the Tamil people and their culture in the very near future and we are certain that India will up to her expectations of the Rajapakse brothers. Malathi de Alwis in her “China Factor’ in post-war Sri Lanka (Inter Asia Cultural Studies), states: “If Eelam Tamils can befriend with Communist China and allow it to use Tamil homeland for mutual benefit Eelam Tamils might get what they want! Eelam Tamil Diaspora can cultivate their relationship with Western powers but they are not going to help the Tamils as they will only listen to India, when it comes to Sri Lanka [sic]. Therefore [sic], the only power that can really make a difference for the Tamils will be China and Tamils should start making contacts with China at the highest level (Gopi 2010)".
The Tamil people both in Sri Lanka and abroad should acknowledge China’s rising tide in the affairs of the world and the Tamils should recognise it to take them at the flood at every opportunity that would to lead on to fortune.We repeat and reiterate what we stated in our editorial of 06 June 2010: “The question that has arisen in many Tamil circles is whether the Tamil people should show their backs to the Indians and turn to support the Chinese as the new strategy, with their children learning Chinese (Mandarin) developing to be a world language to be taught in schools. Furthermore, the plague of Brahminism will no longer haunt the Tamils. They should be pragmatic in turning to the winning side that will bring them more benefits, not wasting their time with India. This was also the view that the late N. Shanmugadasan, a former leader of the Ceylon Communist Party (Peking Wing) and intellectual, advocated in the 1960s and the 1970s as a remedy for the redress of Tamil grievances". It will also be to the advantage of China to make overtures to the Sri Lankan Tamils both within Sri Lanka and abroad. The Tamil Diasporas in turn should reciprocate.
URL: http://www.eelamnation.net/headlines_details.php?secid=71&newsid=8449
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Singer Malaysia Vasudevan passes away
Hi all,
Yesterday we have lost a great singer of the century. In his lifetime he had sang more than 8000 songs in various language as well acted in many movies. One of the great thing that I admire of Malaysia Vasudevan is his presistance and hardwork that made him to known in the Entertainment industry in Asia. He had been promoting Malaysia in Tamil Nadu and in India though his name as "Malaysia Vasudevan". His ever green voice was the gift of the GOD. He seek fortune in oversea and promoted Malaysia in many ways there. He visits Malaysia often and did many charity and concerts even telemovie in Msia to promote arts here. The Malaysian government should have recognised his contribution and award him while he was alive. There are many "mushroom" politicians that given Datukship but the real people whom promotes and sacrifies for Malaysia are hardly seen especially if there are Malaysian Indians. Ask thyself what have SRK (Shah Rukh Khan) did to the Msians in general except acting some scene in Malaysian locations, even that the Director decided. I would personally write and urge for Malaysia Vasudevan to be recognised with lifetime award for his contribution.
May his soul rest in peace. His voice will never disappear and we will appreciate his contribution.
Nandri
Kannan Ramasamy
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Singer Malaysia Vasudevan passes away
CHENNAI: Popular playback singer and actor Malaysia Vasudevan passed away on Sunday afternoon at a private hospital after being admitted there a few days ago due to cardiac arrest. He was 67 and is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter (both of who are playback singers). That he had touched the lives of many in the Tamil film industry was evident as practically the entire film community plunged into mourning on his demise.
Born June 15, 1944 Malaysia Died February 20, 2011 (aged 66)Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaOther namessathu arumugam NairOccupationPlayback singer, actorYears active 1974–2011 Children Yugendran, Prashanthini, Pavithra (married and resides in Malaysia)
In his long and chequered career, the singer sang over 8,000 songs in Tamil and lent his voice to several prominent actors including Shivaji Ganesan, Kamal Hasan and Rajinikanth. He has also sung over 4,000 songs in other south Indian languages and acted in nearly 85 films.
He was born as Vasudevan Nair to Keralite parents in the rubber estates of Klang Valley in Malaysia. However, Klang Valley had a predominantly Tamil population and Vasudevan grew to love the language and its cinema. His father Chathu Nair was musically inclined and he passed it on to his children. Vasudevan started his career as a singer cum actor in Tamil drama troupes in Malaysia and later moved to Madras to pursue his career in singing. Since he could sound like T M Soundarajan, he was taken by Paavalar Brothers, the troupe formed by Ilayaraja and his brothers even before the composer had entered the industry as a music director. After years of struggle, he got his first break as a singer in the film, Delhi to Madras'. He was later christened Malaysia Vasudevan by veteran director A P Nagarajan.
Vasudevan's claim to fame however, came later, with the movie 16 Vayithinile', where he sang Attukutti Muttaittu', composed by Ilayaraja, which went on to become a huge hit. "That is one of my favourite songs," said music director Deva, who had used Vasudevan's voice for several films. "Another personal favourite is the song Poonkatru Thirumpuma', which he sang for one of my movies, Mudhal Mariyadhai.'" In this song, the singer brings out a beautiful metamorphosis of emotions, as he begins the song on a sad note and ends by striking happy notes on a soaring high.
"Vasudevan and I, we have some great memories together during our tours abroad. He even had fans in European countries. I had always wanted to stage a concert in Chennai with him, singing light music songs, but that will now remain a dream," said Deva.
A visibly upset Kamal Hasan, the lead actor of 16 Vayithinile', was seen condoling the family. "He has been my friend, my voice and co-actor for many years," he told the media. "He was ill for a long time and I had recently gone with SPB to meet him." Indeed, Vasudevan has also worked as an actor alongside Kamal Hasan in several movies -- the most noted among them being Oru Kayidhinil Diary'.
Malaysia Vasudevan's signature songs were folksy village songs with a lot of emotion in them and peppy numbers in the same genre, which is also known as Dappankoothu. Ironically, Vausdevan, who started his singing in Madras as T M S's voice reached the peak of his career when he succeeded TMS as the ghost voice of veteran actor Shivaji Ganesan. Singer Mano, who has also sung several songs with him said, "He has a separate style and a unique voice which cannot be matched by any singer today."
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Singer Malaysia Vasudevan passes away
CHENNAI: Popular playback singer and actor Malaysia Vasudevan passed away on Sunday afternoon at a private hospital after being admitted there a few days ago due to cardiac arrest. He was 67 and is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter (both of who are playback singers). That he had touched the lives of many in the Tamil film industry was evident as practically the entire film community plunged into mourning on his demise.
Born June 15, 1944 Malaysia Died February 20, 2011 (aged 66)Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaOther namessathu arumugam NairOccupationPlayback singer, actorYears active 1974–2011 Children Yugendran, Prashanthini, Pavithra (married and resides in Malaysia)
In his long and chequered career, the singer sang over 8,000 songs in Tamil and lent his voice to several prominent actors including Shivaji Ganesan, Kamal Hasan and Rajinikanth. He has also sung over 4,000 songs in other south Indian languages and acted in nearly 85 films.
He was born as Vasudevan Nair to Keralite parents in the rubber estates of Klang Valley in Malaysia. However, Klang Valley had a predominantly Tamil population and Vasudevan grew to love the language and its cinema. His father Chathu Nair was musically inclined and he passed it on to his children. Vasudevan started his career as a singer cum actor in Tamil drama troupes in Malaysia and later moved to Madras to pursue his career in singing. Since he could sound like T M Soundarajan, he was taken by Paavalar Brothers, the troupe formed by Ilayaraja and his brothers even before the composer had entered the industry as a music director. After years of struggle, he got his first break as a singer in the film, Delhi to Madras'. He was later christened Malaysia Vasudevan by veteran director A P Nagarajan.
Vasudevan's claim to fame however, came later, with the movie 16 Vayithinile', where he sang Attukutti Muttaittu', composed by Ilayaraja, which went on to become a huge hit. "That is one of my favourite songs," said music director Deva, who had used Vasudevan's voice for several films. "Another personal favourite is the song Poonkatru Thirumpuma', which he sang for one of my movies, Mudhal Mariyadhai.'" In this song, the singer brings out a beautiful metamorphosis of emotions, as he begins the song on a sad note and ends by striking happy notes on a soaring high.
"Vasudevan and I, we have some great memories together during our tours abroad. He even had fans in European countries. I had always wanted to stage a concert in Chennai with him, singing light music songs, but that will now remain a dream," said Deva.
A visibly upset Kamal Hasan, the lead actor of 16 Vayithinile', was seen condoling the family. "He has been my friend, my voice and co-actor for many years," he told the media. "He was ill for a long time and I had recently gone with SPB to meet him." Indeed, Vasudevan has also worked as an actor alongside Kamal Hasan in several movies -- the most noted among them being Oru Kayidhinil Diary'.
Malaysia Vasudevan's signature songs were folksy village songs with a lot of emotion in them and peppy numbers in the same genre, which is also known as Dappankoothu. Ironically, Vausdevan, who started his singing in Madras as T M S's voice reached the peak of his career when he succeeded TMS as the ghost voice of veteran actor Shivaji Ganesan. Singer Mano, who has also sung several songs with him said, "He has a separate style and a unique voice which cannot be matched by any singer today."
Read more: Singer Malaysia Vasudevan passes away - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Singer-Malaysia-Vasudevan-passes-away-/articleshow/7536303.cms#ixzz1EYMYTwSY
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Poser over ‘multi-millionaire’ Thanendran
I believe what Vasantha did was the right move. RS Thanenthiran came into Hindraf fold when the H5 was detained under ISA. He has nothing much except his low business restaurant in Jln Kg Benggali in Butterworth. While many NGO leaders then were restrategying in bring the Hindraf momentum, RS Thenenthiran quickly aligned with Uthayakumar and seek endorsement as one of the Hindraf coordinator. Hindraf wave included all in without checking their backgrd or even their political motive. The vacuum of Hindraf leader quicky grapped by Thanenthiran then while self exile Waythamoorthy was relaying on remote management of the movement by installation 10 man coordinator for Hindraf which I was one of them as National Event Coordinator together with RS Thanenthiran with YB Mano of MP Tk Intan, Lawyer Suren, YB Manicka, HSS Ramaji, PKR Jayathas, NGO Selvam, Brother Tarama and friend Sambulingam. RS Thanenthiran did utilised the vacuum of H5 and posses himself as Hindraf leader. While others were in ISA, he negotiate for a ADUN seat in Bkt Selambau which finally reveal his true intention as to gain political mileage while promoting rights in Hindraf. His failure to gain the seat in Bkt Selambau may eventually made him to use back the platform to negotiate with Najib. I see now how Vasanthakumar sees RS Thanenthiran as UMNO planted guy in Hindraf. We failed to see this then, including myself when I support him to form MMSP. Now after recalling events that took place, he may be planted from beginning. He was SPM leaver whom later join a Maktab to be a teacher. Not servicing long, he took 24 hrs notice to end his service with teaching. Only the teacher and Education dept knows why he took 24 hrs notice to end his service. There many scandal that been revealled later by the local Butterworth people about him inclusive of the HYO building scandal, Mariamman Chariot fund misuse, scrap metal license forgery and many more. MMSP founding member took a move to remove him as President and passed the motion of no confidence after we found his hidden agenda to "sell" Makkal Sakti. He have gone and use backdoor to endorse him. MMSP had already issue letter and notice to all including the ROS that he is not the President. As per the fasal 18(3) of Akta Pertubuhan none can enter into the internal matter of the party including the court. It is the actual people's power that change the political lanscape if Msia and Indians in last GE. We want the Makkal Sakti to be united and back on unity to against the common enemy that is BN and its cronies including RS Thanenthiran.
Vaalge Makkal Sakti.
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B Nantha Kumar
February 17, 2011
A former Hindraf national coordinator RS Thanendran has allegedly amassed wealth much to the shock of his ex-comrade KVasantha Kumar.
KUALA LUMPUR: How did former Hindraf national coordinator RS Thanendran, who was once an odd-job worker, become a “multi-millionaire” within a short period of time?
It’s a question which is bothering his former colleague K Vasantha Kumar.
Both have since moved out of Hindraf. Thanendran double-crossed Hindraf when Vasantah Kumar and four other Hindraf leaders were detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
He aligned himself with the Barisan Nasional (BN) and went on to quickly establish Malaysian Makkal Sakthi Party (MMSP), which was launched by Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.
According to Vasantha Kumar, Thanendran, who was recently awarded a datukship by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, was planted by Umno to confuse the Indian community.
“He is an Umno plant to confuse the Indians. He succeeded in confusing the community. But my question is, how did he become a multi-millionaire in a short time?
“It is not possible to become a multi-millionaire overnight, especially if you know his background… I want to challenge him to an open debate. Let him clear his name,” said Vasantha Kumar who is with Kedah PKR.
According to him, Thanendran, a son of a plantation worker who at one time was doing odd-jobs to survive before he eventually ended up in the restaurant business, was now rolling in millions.
Millions revealed
Vasantha Kumar said that thousands of leaflets with details of Thanendran’s alleged wealth had surfaced in Sungai Petani during the Thaipusam festival.
According to the leaflet, Thanendran allegedly renovated his house which was worth RM800,000. He is also said to allegedly own a RM1.4 million house in Penang and a Mercedes Benz car worth RM800,000.
The leaflet also disclosed that Thanendran allegedly owned 80 hectares of an oil palm estate in Kedah, a 25-hectare land in Hulu Selangor and another 10 hectares in Bagan Pinang.
It was learnt that the federal government had awarded RM25 millions worth of contracts to Thanendran under his brother Ramesh’s name. Ramesh is also the vice-president of MMSP.
The revelation has shocked Hindraf and members of Thanendran’s own MMSP party which incidentally is mired in internal conflict.
Said Vasantha Kumar: “Thanendran must explain his wealth to the public, especially the Indians.
“He is not from a wealthy background… his family is poor. But today there are allegations that Thanendran is a multi-millionaire.
“I challenge him to a debate. Let him explain to the public and Indians about his wealth.
“I am giving him one week to reply to my challenge. If he fails to reply, I will expose his malpractice one by one,” he said.
Vaalge Makkal Sakti.
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B Nantha Kumar
February 17, 2011
A former Hindraf national coordinator RS Thanendran has allegedly amassed wealth much to the shock of his ex-comrade KVasantha Kumar.
KUALA LUMPUR: How did former Hindraf national coordinator RS Thanendran, who was once an odd-job worker, become a “multi-millionaire” within a short period of time?
It’s a question which is bothering his former colleague K Vasantha Kumar.
Both have since moved out of Hindraf. Thanendran double-crossed Hindraf when Vasantah Kumar and four other Hindraf leaders were detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
He aligned himself with the Barisan Nasional (BN) and went on to quickly establish Malaysian Makkal Sakthi Party (MMSP), which was launched by Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.
According to Vasantha Kumar, Thanendran, who was recently awarded a datukship by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, was planted by Umno to confuse the Indian community.
“He is an Umno plant to confuse the Indians. He succeeded in confusing the community. But my question is, how did he become a multi-millionaire in a short time?
“It is not possible to become a multi-millionaire overnight, especially if you know his background… I want to challenge him to an open debate. Let him clear his name,” said Vasantha Kumar who is with Kedah PKR.
According to him, Thanendran, a son of a plantation worker who at one time was doing odd-jobs to survive before he eventually ended up in the restaurant business, was now rolling in millions.
Millions revealed
Vasantha Kumar said that thousands of leaflets with details of Thanendran’s alleged wealth had surfaced in Sungai Petani during the Thaipusam festival.
According to the leaflet, Thanendran allegedly renovated his house which was worth RM800,000. He is also said to allegedly own a RM1.4 million house in Penang and a Mercedes Benz car worth RM800,000.
The leaflet also disclosed that Thanendran allegedly owned 80 hectares of an oil palm estate in Kedah, a 25-hectare land in Hulu Selangor and another 10 hectares in Bagan Pinang.
It was learnt that the federal government had awarded RM25 millions worth of contracts to Thanendran under his brother Ramesh’s name. Ramesh is also the vice-president of MMSP.
The revelation has shocked Hindraf and members of Thanendran’s own MMSP party which incidentally is mired in internal conflict.
Said Vasantha Kumar: “Thanendran must explain his wealth to the public, especially the Indians.
“He is not from a wealthy background… his family is poor. But today there are allegations that Thanendran is a multi-millionaire.
“I challenge him to a debate. Let him explain to the public and Indians about his wealth.
“I am giving him one week to reply to my challenge. If he fails to reply, I will expose his malpractice one by one,” he said.
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